Xu Beihai, the training envoy of the Xizhou Garrison, was Zhaowei's biological father. He died in the battle with Beijin for the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun in the 12th year of his life.
Zhaowei had just turned three years old at that time. After Rong Tinglan took care of her husband's funeral, she took her back to her natal family in Qingcheng. As Zhaowei grew up, she gradually found clues and realized that her father did not die from defeat, but from Prime Minister Yao's conspiracy.
Ping Yan came to deliver tea. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard a loud noise in the study, all of which were the voices of the second girl.
"You wish that no one would remember him so that this crime could be put away and Yao Heshou would be able to secure his position as prime minister of peace. But I remember it and will never forget it. Anyway, I was despised by others in Yongjing. Now I say my surname is Qi , Yao Heshou doesn’t dare to rest assured, it’s better to let me go back to Xizhou, and let me burn three sticks of incense to my father, and ask him to appear in the sky. Even if I trip Yao Heshou’s horse and throw him to death, it will be considered a blessing to the great Zhou Dynasty!”
Qi Lingzhan told her to shut up: "Walls have ears, and trouble comes from the mouth. Aren't you going to learn a lesson?"
Zhao's voice was soft but louder: "I will spit on him in front of him one day!"
Hirahiko looked around tremblingly, holding the tea tray and neither advancing nor retreating.
Suddenly, the cursing in the room stopped, tables and chairs collided, and the second girl exclaimed loudly: "Brother!"
Pingyan hurriedly pushed the door open and saw Qi Lingzhan's feet swaying and almost falling to the ground. He was angry when he was sick, like a jade mountain falling down. He pointed at Zhao Zhao for a long time and weakly told her to get out.
However, Zhaowei turned around and took the tea from Ping Yan, going to help him. After being pushed away, she pretended to be accommodating to him, and offered the tea to him Yin Yin.
Qi Lingzhan took a sip, frowned deeper, pushed the teacup, "I don't drink Kuding tea!"
"The doctor said Kuding is good for your health..."
After being glared at, seeing that he was trembling with anger and about to speak, Zhao Wei hurriedly raised her hand to stop him, "I know, I understand, as long as I don't anger you less, it will be more effective than any medicine or tea. But I never said anything wrong, Yao Heshou was vicious and insidious, framed Zhongliang...Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore."
Seeing Qi Lingzhan finally taking a breath, Ping Yan raised his sleeves and wiped his sweat, thinking that he should not be bringing kuding, but a bowl of ginseng tea to prolong his life.
After finally sending the second ancestor away, Ping Yan served Qi Lingzhan and went to rest on the Arhat bed in the next room. Qi Lingzhan put his right hand weakly on the wall, still feeling his head pounding and a cluster of burning sensation in his chest that he couldn't suppress. Endless anxiety and fire.
He was reluctant to marry Zhaowei to Han Feng, which would make his mother worried and sad, but he also knew that with her unrestrained temperament, if she stayed in Yongjing, she would still cause trouble again.
I still remember what happened four years ago. At that time, Emperor Changning had not yet ascended the throne, and it was the twenty-third year of Cunxu.
An envoy from the Jin Dynasty deliberately let go of an untamed horse at a palace banquet. The wild horse galloped into Lian'an Road and rushed toward the Queen Mother's sedan chair. All the female family members present turned pale with panic. Only Zhaowei was bold and agile. He took off his clothes and twisted them into reins. He jumped onto the horse's back on the shoulders of the two chamberlains, put the clothes rope around the horse's neck, and locked the rampage tightly. Hit the wild horse.
The fourteen-year-old girl is like a slender and tough pampas grass, leaning forward in the strong wind, soft but unbreakable and unwilling to relax.
The wild horse was finally tamed by her, and she turned the horse's head away from the Queen Mother's sedan chair. When Zhaowei was finally helped off the horse, his whole body was soaked with cold sweat, as if he was drunk, and his feet were spinning in circles.
At this time, the two golden envoys arrived in disguise, saying that they had neglected their duties and escaped from the wild horse, and praised Zhaowei's good skills.
Zhaowei never restrained himself, patted the Jin man's horse, sneered at the two Jin envoys and said: "Did you know that my father is Xu Beihai, the training envoy of the Xizhou regiment? He has killed more Beijin horses than I have crushed ants. This horse is as weak as if it has been gelded, and it is worth bringing all the way to Yongjing to be prominent. Don’t you have any other horses in Beijin that can pant?"
The Jin envoy was ashamed and embarrassed. When Emperor Ren heard that she had protected the Empress Dowager, he summoned her to reward her.
However, Zhaowei said she did not want gold or silver, nor did she want the title of princess. She knelt under the Danqi of Chui Gong Hall and loudly requested Emperor Ren: "I beg your majesty to thoroughly investigate the death of my father Xu Beihai in battle. The Xizhou Supervisory Army sent by Prime Minister Yao Why did we force the troops to withdraw, but did not open the city gates, causing our soldiers to be massacred by the Jin cavalry at the foot of Yanyun City! Why has this grave crime of treason and surrender to the enemy been left unchecked for more than ten years, and did Yao Cheng relative know about this?"
Emperor Ren's expression changed slightly immediately. Yao Heshou was also present at that time, and smiled when he heard the words.
He said: "General Xu's tiger father has no dog daughter, as you can see now. The Zhou Dynasty court is fair and selfless. Any mistakes should be corrected and the guilty should be punished. Even if I am the prime minister, I am no exception. I would like to ask your Majesty to send the Third Duke and the Second Palace to re-examine this matter." case."
Emperor Ren said: "This case was decided by the three princes back then. Although it is regrettable that Xu Beihai died for the country, it should not be mentioned again without reason and disrupting the government. Please ask for other rewards."
Zhaowei said nothing, Yao He looked at her and smiled: "Why don't you inherit your father's ambition and go to Xizhou to become a female general. I have never had a female general in Zhou Dynasty, but I don't know whose family this general belongs to. It is the Xu family of the regiment training envoy. Or the Hou Qi family of Yongping?"
A closer look at these words makes one feel chills in the liver and gallbladder.
The Marquis of Yongping resigned from Xizhou in the year that Xu Beihai died in battle, and returned to Yongjing to work as an idle salary official. It is difficult to say that he did not have the desire to retreat bravely from the world. Xu Beihai was promoted by him. He knew that Emperor Ren was also somewhat suspicious of him. Yao Heshou's words pushed this suspicion to its peak.
In the end, Emperor Ren did not give Zhaowei any reward. Instead, the emperor rebuked Rong Tinglan and asked her to teach Zhaowei the virtues of women.
After Zhaowei returned home, he was forced to kneel in the ancestral hall. Qi Lingzhan heard the whole story and felt that the impact of this incident might not end there. He privately told Ping Yan: "Prime Minister Yao likes to take revenge privately, and the emperor has tacit approval of it. If Zhao Wei is lightly exposed this time, the Yushitai will gather together to impeach what happened back then. I'm afraid the trouble of this matter will still be there." behind."
Rong was ill because of the Queen's admonishment. There was no evidence for this, and Qi Lingzhan did not dare to express his worries, fearing that he would be too preoccupied and could not bear to add any more worries. Therefore, he only warned Zhao Wei privately not to go out and wander around, and asked Ping Yan to switch his and Zhao Wei's carriages.
Then something happened.
On an autumn night in October, Qi Lingzhan's carriage was stopped by assassins in an alley. The assassins were very skilled. A dozen of the guards accompanying the Hou Mansion were killed on the spot. Qi Lingzhan only managed to parry for more than a dozen rounds. The sword in his hand was kicked off. Two or three people pressed him against the wall and slashed at his hands with the shining blade. Down.
If he hadn't suddenly heard people shouting and neighing outside the alley, and Prime Minister Yao's guards had frightened away the assassin, I'm afraid Qi Lingzhan would not have escaped death.
Qi Lingzhan was rescued by Prime Minister Yao's people. He was unconscious for several days before he woke up. When he woke up, his hands were disabled and he was in pain on the bed.
When Ping Yan was changing his dressing, he told him the news he had learned: "The case has been solved in Dali Temple, and it is said that it was the work of gold bandits who sneaked into Yongjing. This morning, the Marquis went to the Prime Minister's Mansion with a gift to express his gratitude. I am afraid he will have to return in the afternoon. Also...the second girl has been waiting outside the door for a long time, wanting to see the young master’s injury.”
Qi Lingzhan's face turned pale as a sheet of pain, and he struggled to find a line in his buzzing thoughts. He swallowed the bitter medicine in his throat and said to Ping Yan: "Let her go back... Just say I don't want to see her... In a few days, let her move to Huilong Temple... Don't cause any more trouble to the family."
Ping Yan glanced outside hesitantly, Qi Lingzhan frowned and urged him: "Go quickly."
Zhaowei was rarely obedient and moved to Huilong Temple to live in seclusion. It took Qi Lingzhan more than a year to feel his hands, and it took him two or three years before he dared to pick up objects and write. However, he could no longer draw a bow and arrow, dance with a spear, and lower a horse like he used to. Sometimes when he was wet or cold, or when he was tired, there were wounds on both wrists. Bone-piercing pain.
At that time, the matter was covered up in the panic, some people understood it tacitly, and some people just got off the donkey. Now, as Zhao Wei returns home, everything is like a scoop under water, and it is about to rise to the surface again.
Qi Lingzhan lay on the Arhat bed with his eyes closed, thinking silently in his heart: Although it is said that disasters are brought on by oneself, it is not possible for people to avoid disasters. It is not yet known whether he can reassure Yao Heshou and keep her safe if he is as restrained as Zhao Wei today.
The day before New Year's Eve, Han Mu and Han Feng came to the Yongping Marquis Mansion again. This time Qi Lingzhan did not drive them away, but Zhaowei and Rong family came forward to receive them.
Han Mu brought two carts of melons and fruits stored in the countryside, which were rare at this time of year. Rong Tinglan asked Zicuckoo to accept them and prepared cloth, tea, gold and silver wine vessels as gifts in return. After going back and forth like this, the people became warmer and warmer, Zhaowei was not a timid person, and Han Mu was so happy that she was all smiles and tutted. Compared with her, Han Feng, who was blushing, looked more like a coquettish new daughter-in-law.
After drinking tea and warming up her body, Mother Han slowly explained the reason for her visit. Sure enough, it was for the marriage of the two families: "In the past year, Zi Yuxu was twenty-five years old, and the second girl was eighteen. If we don't get married, they will The talkers have spent their youth growing old. Do they have to wait until others are holding grandchildren before they can hold their son?"
Rong Tinglan said: "It was originally scheduled to be held six times the year after next. This is the only girl left in the house. We need more time to prepare. It is not feasible to get married next year."
Mother Han said "Oh" disapprovingly, "Many families are squeezing to get married this year and next. If we delay it any longer, if something big happens in the palace, we may not be able to do it the year after next."
Zhao Wei felt a stab in her heart when she heard these words. Before Rong could speak, she suddenly raised her eyes and said, "Mrs. Han, please speak more clearly. What's the big deal in the palace?"
Mother Han thought to herself that Queen Xiangyi was about to die and everyone in the government and the public knew that although the Yongping Marquis Mansion was not happy, it could not deceive itself. She was about to arrange a marriage between the two families before the Queen's death, so that she could avoid the Queen's mourning period, and at the same time, she could use the Queen's last remaining moment to find a way to let Han Feng stay in Yongjing as an official, otherwise the garrison period would come. , he is really going to be transferred to the northwest.
Therefore, Mother Han said with a smile: "This is also for happiness, and it is also good for the Queen."
Zhao Wei snorted coldly, "If my sister knew that I was valuing her, hoping that she would die next year, and avoiding her like a snake or a scorpion, this matter would not bring joy, but it would make her angry to death."
Rong Tinglan scolded her: "What's the matter with death? Please speak more auspiciously."
Zhaowei said: "Words are not as auspicious as deeds. What others think has nothing to do with the Yongping Marquis Mansion. Even for the sake of my sister's peace of mind, I will never get married next year."
Mother Han still wanted to persuade her again: "Second girl, think about it again, you cannot be willful in major matters in life..."
Zhaowei glanced at her, his face no longer showing respect to his elders, and asked with a half-smile, "Are you cursing the Queen?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, a civilian woman has no such intention."
You Zhaowei came forward to express her position, but Rong Tinglan just played the red face. She smiled and said to Han's mother: "Marriage is destined by fate. Mrs. Han can go back with confidence. When the opportunity comes in the next year, everything will fall into place."
The mother and son of the Han family were invited out of the Hou Mansion. The business was not done, and the car full of gifts could not make Han's mother happy. She asked why Han Feng didn't agree with her when he was at the Yongping Marquis Mansion, but Han Feng said: "My son thinks Miss Qi Er's words are reasonable. It's other families' business to rush to get married, but we can't rush to meet the Queen. "
Mother Han hated that iron could not be made into steel, so she gave him two hard nods on the head, "I can tell you that obeying your mother-in-law's words will not bring you any good results. That Qi Er is obviously restless, so be careful and the hen will fly." Egg!"
Zhao Wei's appearance appeared in Han Feng's mind again. He was immersed in driving and stopped talking.
